Communicable Clause Samples
The 'Communicable' clause defines the rules and responsibilities regarding the transmission of communicable diseases within the context of the agreement. It typically outlines the obligations of parties to disclose, prevent, or manage the spread of infectious diseases, and may specify procedures for notification, containment, or liability in the event of an outbreak. This clause serves to allocate risk and clarify expectations, helping to protect parties from unforeseen health-related liabilities and ensuring a coordinated response to communicable disease incidents.
Communicable. DISEASE
1) any loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense directly arising from the transmission or alleged transmission of a Communicable Disease or from any fear or threat of a Communicable Disease;
2) any liability, cost or expense to identify, clean up, detoxify, remove, monitor, or test for a Communicable Disease;
3) any liability for or loss, cost or expense arising out of, any loss of revenue, loss of hire, business interruption, loss of market, delay or any indirect financial loss, howsoever described, as a result of a Communicable Disease or the fear or the threat of a Communicable Disease. As used in this Endorsement, a Communicable Disease means any disease, known or unknown, which can be transmitted by means of any substance or agent from any organism to another organism where:
(i) the substance or agent includes but is not limited to a virus, bacterium, parasite or other organism or any variation or mutation of any of the foregoing, whether deemed living or not, and
(ii) the method of transmission, whether direct or indirect, includes but is not limited to human touch or contact, airborne transmission, bodily fluid transmission, transmission to or from or via any solid object or surface or liquid or gas, and
(iii) the disease, substance or agent may, acting alone or in conjunction with other comorbidities, conditions, genetic susceptibilities, or with the human immune system, cause death, illness or bodily harm or temporarily or permanently impair human physical or mental health or adversely affect the value of or safe use of property of any kind.
Communicable. Diseases The Board directs that students who have been diagnosed by a physician or are suspected of having a disease by the school nurse shall be excluded from school for the period indicated by regulations of the PA Department of Health or guidance from state or local health officials for specified diseases and infectious conditions. Parents/Guardians shall be notified of this policy at the beginning of the schoolyear, and that during the school year it may be necessary for a student to be excluded from school due to communicable disease. Parents/Guardians of a student needing to be excluded shall be notified and required to come to school or have a designated emergency contact come to school to transport the student home or to an appropriate place of care. Students may return to school when the criteria for readmission following a communicable disease, as set forth in law, regulations or guidance from state or local health officials, have been met. Title 22 Sec. 4.29, 4.4 Pol. 105.1 The Board directs school staff to request emergency contact information from parents/guardians at the beginning of each school year and request that it be updated as necessary during the school year. SC 1402 Pol. 209 The school nurse shall report the presence of suspected communicable diseases to the appropriate local health authority, as required by the PA Department of Health. SC 1409 The Superintendent or designee shall direct that health guidelines, Board- approved health and safety plans, and universal precautions designed to minimize the transmission of communicable diseases be implemented in district schools. Instruction regarding prevention of communicable and life-threatening diseases shall be provided by the schools in the educational program for all levels, in accordance with state regulations. Parents/guardians shall be informed of and be provided opportunities during school hours to review all curriculum materials used in instruction relative to communicable and life-threatening diseases, in accordance with Board policy. Health Records A comprehensive health record shall be maintained for each student enrolled in the district. The record shall include the results of required tests, measurements, screenings, regular and special examinations and medical questionnaires. All health records shall be confidential, and their contents shall be divulged only when necessary for the health of the student or to a physician at the written request of the parent/guardian. The d...
Communicable disease exclusion
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement to the contrary, this agreement does not cover any loss, damage, claim, cost, expense or other sum directly or indirectly arising out of, attributable to, resulting from, originating from, occurring concurrently or in any sequence with a communicable disease or the fear or threat (whether actual or perceived) of a communicable disease.
2. For the purposes of this exclusion, loss, damage, claim, cost, expense or other sum, includes, but is not limited to, any cost to clean-up, detoxify, remove, monitor or test:
2.1 for a communicable disease, or
2.2 any property covered hereunder that is affected by such communicable disease.
3. As used herein, a communicable disease means any disease which can be transmitted by means of any substance or agent from any organism to another organism where:
3.1 the substance or agent includes, but is not limited to, a virus, bacterium, parasite or other organism or any variation thereof, whether deemed living or not, and
3.2 the method of transmission, whether direct or indirect, includes but is not limited to, airborne transmission, bodily fluid transmission, transmission from or to any surface or object, solid, liquid or gas or between organisms, and
3.3 the disease, substance or agent can cause or threaten damage to human health or human welfare or can cause or threaten damage to, deterioration of, loss of value of, marketability of or loss of use of property covered hereunder.
4. This exclusion applies to all coverage extensions, additional coverages, exceptions to any exclusion and other coverage grant(s).
5. All other terms, conditions and exclusions of the agreement remain the same. If the Company alleges that by reason of this exclusion, any loss, damage or liability is not covered by this agreement the burden of proving the contrary rests on the participant.
Communicable. Diseases will be handled as set forth in school board Personnel policy and procedures regarding Infectious Disease Control.